Carriage-top.



J. P. FILLINGHAM.

CARRIAGE TOP.

APPLICATION FILED man. 25, 1908.

- Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

I mentor witnesses LQ/ a fWMZ 6 pa ZttornM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH P. FILLINGHAM, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR 'IO REO MOTOR OARCOMPANY. OF LANSING, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN enamels-Tor.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

Application filed March 26, 1908. Serial No. 423,081.

Toall whom it ma concern:

Be it known t at I, JOSEPH P. FILLING- HAM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lansing, county of Ingham, State of Michian,havelnvented a certain new and useful mprovement in Carriage-Tops, anddeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to carriage to s.

It has for its object an im roved olding bow adapted to be used with t efront extension of the large carriage tops now in common use onautomobile bodles.

In the drawings -Figure 1, is a side elevation, showing the folding bowextended. Fig. 2, is a side elevation, showin the'folding bow folded. Itis shown folded 111' twopositions. Fig. 3, is a plan view of the hinge.Fig.4, is

v a side elevation of the hinge on a large scale.

'In Fig. 2, thefabric covering is removed, leav ng the bows as askeleton.

1 Indicates the seat ofa carriagebodyto I which is attached a bow 2 ofordinary or common construction, and an inclined how 3 also" onearrangement each oint is rigid, but may be made to bend in eitherdirection by removing one of the two pins. The 'oint is made of twocoupling pieces 7 and 8, 0 which the part 7 is ma o with plarallelperforated plates 71 and 72, and wit two=pin holes 73 and 7 4 The part 8is made of a single plate 9 adapted to engage between the two plates 71and 72; this sin leplate 9 is provided-with two pin holes w 'ch areadapted to register, and in the assembled conditlon do register, withthe pin holes 73 and 7 4. Two pins 75 and 76 are inserted through thecouphngs, and hold the couplings to ether; when both are inserted andheld in p ace, the two parts 5 and 6 are in rigid arrangement. If eitherof the ins 75 or 76 be removed, the two parts 5 an 6 can bend around theremaining pin, and the bow may be folded to either of the positionsshown in Fig. 2, (oneposition is shown "in full lines, one position indotted lines). In the osition shown in full lines in Fi 2, the inner aceof the coverin material Ties exposed, and in the position s own indotted lines the inner face is covered in, and the outer face of thecoverin 'material is exposed. The ability to fold the bow in either ofthese positions is advantageous, because undersome conditions it isdesirable to so fold it. The pins are held from escaping from eitherpivotal location by a spring detainer 10 secured to the piece 7, andarranged to engage in notches in the heads of the pins.

What I claim is In the horizontal bow of a carria e top, the combinationof a bow member and a pair of base members, couplings uniting the saidmembers provided wlth a pair of pins around either of which the twomembers may swing, the said pins being adapted to hold the members inrigid "arrangement when both are inserted, butto permit the s 'ng of onemember with respect to the other when either of said pins is removed,substantially as de scribed. r 4

In testimony whereof, I si this specification in' the presence of twowitnesses.

. JOSEPH P. FILLINGHAM.

,Witnesses:

E. F. PEER, DONALD E. Barns.

